diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
index d4b2ab7861266e367ce87a590fb3f4fd8611318d..d5ef32313449307e3d1482f082b9fb59deb36611 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
@@ -379,8 +379,12 @@ static int pl031_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 				  vendor->irqflags, "rtc-pl031", ldata);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
+		/*Set bit "RTC start" in register RTCCR to enable RTC */
+		writel(0x1, ldata->base + RTC_CR);
+
 		dev_pm_set_wake_irq(&adev->dev, adev->irq[0]);
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 out: